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The reason I got a break in Hollywood when I moved here a few years ago is my good buddy, who I was on the beach with when he was a publicist, is now the chairman of HBO.

Russell Simmons

You need Black [people] sometimes to understand things about Black culture.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Black Needs People
I don’t know that God favors the person who has a greater reach than those who have a small reach. It’s the intention. I try to keep a positive intention, and use whatever resources I have to benefit others.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Benefits Favor Trying
The biggest impediment to get the laws changed was the lobbyists. Whether you’re talking about healthcare, jobs going overseas, or tax reform, you’re always coming up against lobbyists.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Biggest Changed Lobbyist Overseas
I don’t miss my prayers and I don’t miss my yoga. Those things are important to me.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Missing Prayer Yoga
I’m a full disclosure kind of person.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Disclosure Kind Persons
Get unstuck from whatever it is you perceive is holding you back from realizing your dreams.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Dream Perceive Realize
People are afraid of failure – they don’t like to work so hard and have people keep saying, ‘No.’ I think that’s what people fear most.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

People Saying Thinking
In the end, the overriding factor in whether or not you realize your dreams is going to be you. Not the world. YOU.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Dream Realizing World
You have to live your life as if you are already where you want to be.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Development Life Self Want
You can be anything you want to be, and you can start today, instead of waiting for some opportunity.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Anything Opportunity Waiting
I know a lot of angry liberals right now. Hell, I know a lot of angry vegans.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Hell Now Right Vegan
You have to be present, awake and happy now.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Awake Happy Now Present
But rich or poor, black or white, none of us are entitled to anything.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Black Poor Rich White
If you run a corporation, your job is to maximize the return on investment for your investors. Good for you. But by the same token, we have to remember that corporations have no compassion. That’s why legislation and regulations are necessary.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Compassion Jobs Running
I applaud what the Oscars are doing to promote diversity. I think it’s great.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Diversity Oscars Thinking
I try to keep a positive intention, and use whatever resources I have to benefit others. I try to create businesses that I think are not hurtful. I try to do things that I think are helpful to the environment, to the animals, and to the planet.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Animal Hurtful Thinking

The reason I got a break in Hollywood when I moved here a few years ago is my good buddy, who I was on the beach with when he was a publicist, is now the chairman of HBO.

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